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| Best Places in Asmara: | | Campo di Citta, National Museum, Biet Ghiorghis Zoo and Park, village of Tselot, Martyrs National Park | |
| Additional Information | | Population : 579,000 | |
Airport - Asmara International Airport (IATA: ASM) (ICAO: HHAS). Asmara currently hosts the country's only operating international airport although technically there are two more in Massawa and Assab.
Shopping - Gold and silver jewellery is cheap in Asmara, definitely a bargain. So are frankincense and myrrh (if you have any use for it). Otherwise most of the souvenirs bought by tourists are the local home-spun and gold-thread embroidered cotton garments, traditional goat-skin rugs, olivewood carvings, clay coffee-pots and other traditional goods, all of which are found at the marketplace.
Hotels
InterContinental ASMARA - Warsay Avenue Asmara, 00000 Eritrea, Ph. 291 1150400
Keren Hotel (Albergo Italia) - P.O.Box 181, 13 Nakfa Avenue, Asmara Eritrea
tel +291 1 120740, fax +291 1 126993
Sunshine Hotel - Emperor Yohannes no. 76 (Adjacent to NICE Building), P.O. Box 3406 Asmara Eritrea, Telephone +291 1127880/127882
Embasoira Hotel - Hailu Kebede Street, Asmara Eritrea, Telephone +291 1123222/120233
Crystal Hotel - Bihat Street No. 171-3, P.O. Box 5287 Asmara Eritrea, Telephone +291 1 120944
Savanna International - Gheregar Sudan 172 Asmara, P.O. box 3754 Asmara Eritrea, Telephone +291 1116183 / 202141
Restaurants/Bar
Cherhi Bar - on a hill north of the covered market
Restaurant The Mask Place - opposite to the Bistro Alba
China Star Restaurant - Knowledge Street close to the Nyala Hotel, Tel 125853
Milano Italian restaurant - Ras Alula Street (near the Public Library)
Pyramid Buffet Restaurants - located opposite to the Commercial Bank
(Harnet Avenue) and next to the Red Sea Trading Corporation (BDHO Avenue) | |